This is the trailer for the upcoming Lethal Weapon TV series. Yes, they made a TV show out of Lethal Weapon in the year 2016, a good two decades after this particular franchise hit its expiration date. "Hoorah!" we hear an insistent, hopeful FOX wheeze. "The buddy-cop crime comedy is evergreen! The wise-crackin' banter between Riggs and Murtaugh will never grow old!" To that we calmly reply, "Let's all watch this trailer starring the elder Damon Wayans in the Danny Glover role, and Clayne Crawford in the Mel Gibson part, and then decide if it looks like essential weekly viewing."

A THOUGHT: Since all buddy-cop stories are essentially the same—and since Lethal Weapon was largely responsible for updating the template—why does this particular rehash even need the Lethal Weapon name on it? They could have just called the cops Tibbs and Merlaw, titled the show "Deadly Hurt-Tool," and we all would have been none the wiser. Lethal Weapon The Show premieres on Wednesday, September 21 on FOX.

Now then. This is the trailer for the upcoming The Exorcist TV series, starring Geena Davis and Cameron from Ferris Bueller. Yes, that obscure '70s horror movie is joining the ranks of cinematic gems like Limitless and Uncle Buck and making its way to the smaller screen. This looks... this looks boring as shit. I'm sorry, Lethal Weapon TV show, I take it all back. You are the very height of relevance compared to this Bad Idea. The Exorcist, But, Like, for TV premieres on Friday, September 23, also on FOX.

And hey, it's possible I'm dead wrong about this reheating of The Exorcist, or at least about calling its relevance into question. Its pedigree—creepy 1973 film gets the TV treatment—also applies to the beleaguered but still fascinating looking Westworld, which premieres on HBO on October 2. I'm looking forward to that one.